Letters to the Editor, Author at CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/author/letters-to-the-editor/ Clean Tech News & Views: EVs, Solar Energy, Batteries Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:56:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://cleantechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-150x150.png Letters to the Editor, Author at CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/author/letters-to-the-editor/ 32 32 13821326 Reviewing the BYD Tang EV in Russia — Exclusive https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/23/reviewing-the-byd-tang-ev-in-russia/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/23/reviewing-the-byd-tang-ev-in-russia/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:30:54 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=334409 Hello! I am from Russia, my name is Ilya, I have lived in the city of Perm since birth. It is located at latitude 58, almost the same as Alaska’s capital, Juneau. Only, the population of Juneau is some 31,000 people, and Perm is more than 1 million people. At ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/23/reviewing-the-byd-tang-ev-in-russia/feed/ 0 334409 Are Advanced Driver Assist Systems Safer? And What’s Next? https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/19/are-advanced-driver-assist-systems-safer-and-whats-next/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/19/are-advanced-driver-assist-systems-safer-and-whats-next/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:11:39 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=334006 For some time, I have been met with pitchforks over declaring the safety of advanced driver assist systems (ADAS). The shortest articulation for this measure is to not crash, or to not perform maneuvers that could cause you or others to crash. But is there any data to back up ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/19/are-advanced-driver-assist-systems-safer-and-whats-next/feed/ 0 334006 Letters To The Editor: How Green Is Green Hydrogen? https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/14/letters-to-the-editor-how-green-is-green-hydrogen/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/14/letters-to-the-editor-how-green-is-green-hydrogen/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:25:14 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=333806 There is no such thing as “green hydrogen” (except perhaps “white” hydrogen, if that turns out to be a reality). Any power generated from any source is fungible in the grid. If you use it locally, the green percentage in the grid is lower than what it would have been ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/14/letters-to-the-editor-how-green-is-green-hydrogen/feed/ 0 333806 Drilling Into Magma For Renewable Energy https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/12/drilling-into-magma-for-renewable-energy/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/12/drilling-into-magma-for-renewable-energy/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:35:48 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=333648 A magma geothermal plant has the potential to produce at least 10 times the power of a traditional geothermal plant.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/12/drilling-into-magma-for-renewable-energy/feed/ 0 333648 Estimating the Growth of Electric Vehicles & Tesla Sales, an Exploration of S-Curves https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/06/estimating-the-growth-of-electric-vehicles-an-exploration-of-s-curves/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/06/estimating-the-growth-of-electric-vehicles-an-exploration-of-s-curves/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:06:55 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=333084 In this special report from CleanTechnica reader and data analyst David Gines, we get a high-quality, professional, useful exploration of exponential growth of EV sales — Tesla’s sales, Norway’s EV sales, and broader regional and global EV sales. By David Gines, an electrical engineer specializing in algorithms for data analysis ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/06/estimating-the-growth-of-electric-vehicles-an-exploration-of-s-curves/feed/ 0 333084 Case Study: Cost Comparison Of Utility Transition To Clean Energy https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/30/case-study-cost-comparison-of-utility-transition-to-clean-energy/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/30/case-study-cost-comparison-of-utility-transition-to-clean-energy/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:34:07 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=330481 If we look not at the rate of change but just the pure cost of energy, Kauaʻi went from the most expensive energy in the state to the cheapest in about a year and has kept this low cost lead ever since

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/30/case-study-cost-comparison-of-utility-transition-to-clean-energy/feed/ 0 330481 What’s Going On With The Protests At Tesla’s Giga Berlin Factory? Situation On The Ground https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/whats-going-on-with-the-protests-at-teslas-giga-berlin-factory-situation-on-the-ground/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/whats-going-on-with-the-protests-at-teslas-giga-berlin-factory-situation-on-the-ground/#respond Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:57:47 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=329792 Below is a Letter to the Editor from on the ground near Tesla Giga Berlin, by Madeindex Blog, with minor editing. If you’d like to submit a letter to the editor, please visit this link. In this post, I would like to address the situation around Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/whats-going-on-with-the-protests-at-teslas-giga-berlin-factory-situation-on-the-ground/feed/ 0 329792 Evolution Of Tesla Loyalty From A Non-Elon-Fan https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/22/evolution-of-tesla-loyalty-from-a-non-elon-fan/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/22/evolution-of-tesla-loyalty-from-a-non-elon-fan/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:55:34 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=327930 I was driving a Toyota Prius for several years until I made the move to an EV in 2018, buying a Tesla Model 3 Mid Range. Last summer I traded up to a Model Y Long Range. My admiration for Elon Musk has been dinged by his political pronouncements, but ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/22/evolution-of-tesla-loyalty-from-a-non-elon-fan/feed/ 0 327930 Letter to the Editor: The Bolt With The Most Miles On Earth? And Towing Capacity To Boot? https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/12/letter-to-the-editor-the-bolt-with-the-most-miles-on-earth-and-towing-capacity-to-boot/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/12/letter-to-the-editor-the-bolt-with-the-most-miles-on-earth-and-towing-capacity-to-boot/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:55:19 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=326285 The following is a letter to the editor from a reader who may very well hold the record for the Chevy Bolt with the most miles on it. And someone who makes that car really work, sometimes towing multiple tons! Following graduation from Arizona State I have found many ways ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/12/letter-to-the-editor-the-bolt-with-the-most-miles-on-earth-and-towing-capacity-to-boot/feed/ 0 326285 Letters To The Editor: Opinions From Poo-Poo’ers https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/11/letters-to-the-editor-opinions-from-poo-pooers/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/11/letters-to-the-editor-opinions-from-poo-pooers/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:20:08 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=326247 We get a solid amount of…interesting…. email from clean tech doubters and outright haters. We recently launched a “Letters to the editor” section, and well, I decided to run a smattering of the commentary that CleanTechnica receives (slash have to deal with) on the daily, just for your entertainment. Enjoy. ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/11/letters-to-the-editor-opinions-from-poo-pooers/feed/ 0 326247 Why One Climate Tech Investor Is Betting On Hardware https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/05/why-one-climate-tech-investor-is-betting-on-hardware/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/05/why-one-climate-tech-investor-is-betting-on-hardware/#respond Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:35:15 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=325326 By Victoria Beasley, Partner at Gigascale Capital In the fast-evolving world of climate tech, everything under the hard tech umbrella — hardware, deep tech, and science-driven innovation — is now commanding attention. This isn’t a fleeting trend; it’s a shift to contend with the most formidable challenges of climate change ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/05/why-one-climate-tech-investor-is-betting-on-hardware/feed/ 0 325326 Opinion: The End of the Oil Age https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/28/opinion-the-end-of-the-oil-age/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/28/opinion-the-end-of-the-oil-age/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:15:15 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=324925 CleanTechnica is committed to publishing a diversity of educated opinions on the clean energy transition. Want to submit a thought piece? Go to CleanTechnica.com/contact THE OIL AGE by David L Historians label time periods for dominant technologies. The Stone Age and the Bronze Age are well known examples. In the ... [continued]

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